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[quote=Anonymous]PP here. Both. She will randomly say things that are out of context and have no real reference point. IUt has gotten a little better, but it's still a somewhat dominant part of her speech. She also uses lots of repetition and echolalia. At first we thought it was because she imitated my son, whose main tool of conversation was repetition and echolalia, but even after she has had lots of opportunity to interact with regularly developed children, she resorts to it.

It doesn't really strike most people as odd initially, but it becomes apparent when people try to converse with her about something she mentions. She will easily use 8-9 word sentences but what is very obvious is that these are pre-constructed sentences. She hears them and learns how to use them in that exact way without exchanging any words or infusing her own thought. It made evaluating her very challenging and I was glad that the speech therapist noticed this without relying on my reports.

I suspect that some of this will resolve itself as she gets older (with speech therapy and other interventions), but some of it seems pretty severe. The discrepancy between her expressive and receptive language is about 16 months. She understands as much as a 20 month old child but expressively knows as much as a 3 year old. [/quote]

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